July 8th 1863
Mr Z. B. Vance govner
of N C Dear ser it is with
great plesure that I avail my
self this morning to drop you
A fu lines to let you no that
I am well at presant hoping
theas lines may find you
injoying the same Blessing
I Expect you have Bin informd
of the circun stance I am goin
g to relate it to you A gain
at last county court sickle
ham Bryson Essued a capeous [1]
for me for stiling I supose
sent A croud After me one
half rogs and lyers followed me
in to S. C. tuck me and one
of my stils out of greenvill
S.C. Came back and took A noth
er one from my house
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as to my stiling I sufferd the
neighbours to make A fu runs
but all that was stild was not
Enought to Keep my hogs fr
om suffering som died there
fore I did not stil or sufferd
to be stilled more grain then
I would have had to fed to my
stock or lost them there four
re I hope you will order Mc gess
to return my stills as my fru
it is redy for use as to the tax
I am willing to pay it tha say
that tha ar going to sell them. I hop
e we hav no such law as that
I hope you will send A order to
me to go and git my stills as
the tax will pay the confederate
states Better than the stills
will in Eubanks hause
I have Eaver bin your friend
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and I hope you will befriend
me now two or 3 of my nabors
have concluded to brake me up
A J loftes that robed the mail and
was sened to leav the state john
Robb that hugs his one [2] Daughter
mcguess that runaway from
SC for forging noats and steelinng
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thease are the gentle men that
took my stills I hope
you will ancer me by first
[??]c Derect your letter to Duns
rock traneylvaia C.o. N. C.
Charly Cison
to Z. B. Vance gov